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Advertifement to the Reader.
in behalfe of my Fiiead cht Author Mr. J^hn Heydon^
BVt as yet I have not leave to direct thee to thh Author^ for now he forfal^s Company^ and is were Mdanchol- ly then SociaUe ; you may be flea fed to tak^. notice^ thai this Baok^depends upon a former of the Ha rmony of the World written by Mr. John Heydon, and in the Tyrants time preferved by thofe two great examples of Loyalty to his Majejiy^ ^irjohn Hanmer Barronet^ ajvi 5;> Ralph. YvttmTin^Knight and Collonelh and by permi'Jton coy^miu ted to the pre fs for the benefit of mankind-^) on are in tkisMe^ thod to follow the Hoi v G uide aU Compofed by this Author^ and it was thought fit that nothinz of fo worthy an Author jhould be left unprinted^ there is therefore his Ocia Impc- rialia, atid the Idea of the Law, Charaaeredfroyn Mo- fes to Kins; Charles; with the Idea of Warr^ Govern- menc and Tyranny^ aUpublijhed together Methodically^ andfo beteadforyour better under ji and ing. T^i/Rofie Cruc'an infallible Axiomata of Ihyhck, is a (if- courfe of a fecrec Foiincain, whofe water iloues from Fire, and carries in it the Beams of th;:: Sun and Sloort, and his iJabalia or the /{rt by which ^oCei Jo- fhua, Elijah, c^^. Did all their Miracle?, istoberead 'i^ith his Regie Lunis, &c. there he teaches you to J^tow what a Glorious Creature mati was before his fall, of his Inimortallity andperf'^ft knowledg of God; Ail this. Authors Bookj are very plain and eafe to be app^e-. hended if they be read in Order ^ hs writei no 'Addles or dif- ■ ,e 2 iisultiC^
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ficuhiesy to put you to a tryal of wit s Htm I am certain without thefe Bookj^ there will be nothing but Confufion in the Iforld: And I am confident if mens Mindi were but truly fixt up&n this Temple, they would not prove fuch wenth. r Cocks^ to be turned about with the Wind of every fa'fe DoCirine^ of fome Atheiftical Aftrological vaine opinions : we jhould then be free from thofe disorders which threaten de(iru6iion to the Soul, and dijiradion to the Com- vton- wealthy hut let others write never fo wcll^ if our Pra^ life do not fecond their in\}rucnons^ we may be wife enough to fcnfee our Mipryy but mver k^iow-how to prevent it. Uhutpitty is it^ that this Famous Temple fhould produce m other effed^ but to informe our kyiowledgand confute our Converfation ; whiltftwe negled the truth that is appre^ bended. Jet there is fome hopes ^ that fuch obfervers^ whofe VJjCdomth^nh received the fiampe of goodnefs^ willim' prove their kj/I -to a real Advancement of thofe benefits y vMch lye loch^ up in this Glorious Tempi?. 1o whofe ufe and behoofs thife Excellent Works are Commended^ as the bift that ever were writei^ this kjnd^and mayferve for a general Ground and Foundation to all Kegular Con- ceptionfjhat concern the EfTence^^w^ Exigence of man. Tre Government of Kingdomes and Common- weal ths5 n'.w what u'^e you will mak^ of this Teny^\e is in your pO' wer ; If you be wife^ if not (iand bac\y and let others come vmo ity and poffeflit *, let thofe Malicious perfons thatfcan- dalize our Author ^with \ludied calumnies^ pafi unregarded^ fur they are fcclijh rude people that fpit filth at the Sun^ and it falls back^into their own faces hi' ii now riftng and high in favour with the Princes and Peers of thisKingdomeywhich caufe hUenemies to enviehim ; he flights their madnefl^ and fives them good Adv.ce he ii highly inefieemin theSpaniJh &'?nnch Courts /nd is Oi it Wcrc a Privy covncdlor to trany
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The Advrertifement.
Lords &Kn'tght5^fo above his poor enemies fcorne^who grieve he€aufe they cannot hurt him : his Companions are the be (j: Knights and Gentlemen of this Jslation, and is highly honors edb) themy becaufe they love him ; 7he Eafe^ Common lill^ men^ I mean the ^ackj that daub their Medicines upon every Poft and IVall^ he pitties and inftruds them freely and fiudies to Cure thofe^ that thefe men have almoji kjld with their Lozenges and Pills^ vphich Poyfon the Body; he forgives thofe that endeavoured to poyfon and deflroy him^ and par- doned others that forged Villanies again fi him; He is a Pro- tefianty and doth good for evil^ to all thofe that invented lies again jl him ; in Cenclufion he is a Compleat young Gentleman as well in Body as in Mind^ ( yet for what Kea^ fo^Iknowmt^ negleds to Marry J yet continues Chajie^ I Kinde and faithful to his Friend^ and all that k^now him i find him Generous and Noble ^ in a word the ultimate of his j Emulation is to promote the Common good,
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if. D. Knight, and Barronet.
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To my Loving and approved
Friend the Author Mr. John Hey don, upon the Temple of Wi[dome^
SVirit or yian Aerial ! whats thy name > What (hall 1 call the only Son of fame > Minerva s Tfw/?/^ in your Brain we find, hx\a£!^iC2it Apollo's Prudence in your Mind, You knowledge equal with the gods do hold /^nd fccrets of the Oracles unfold. Tojears^ womhs^ dates and hours^ you time do (hew. By number make the Sun ftand jfi// or go^ Beajis^ Birdsand Flowers^ your a^detoo do implore From death their (hape and Species to Rcftore^ Health , Beauty^ Joutb and Blejjiftgs you can give And teach the dying Man a new to live. He kens when Frogs will (howre Rain, and knows When it will Thunder by the flight of Crowes: Converfes with good G^wiijand for the evil Can Cham them faft to the dark den o^ the Devil : He can foretell things paft, he can recall By power oi Figures ielefmatical. By vcrtue of the Stars too, when you pleafe You know whats doneamonglt th' Antipodes^ And from his mind, he Joyjear^ g^^^h ^^p^^^- For where tbcfe raigne no certain \nowledg dwels ; How fl)all I call you to mf, or which way gain thee^ ^r with whatSacrificesentertainethee: How to efteem you, I am at a lofs Great Brother H^don of the Kofa CroJI,
Ralph Freemm
To his Ingenious Kinfman, Mr John
Hey don^ u^onhh profound and learned
Bookj intituled Theomagit^ Or, the
temple ofWifdome^
SIR, lamfathfied, lince you have (how'n By this Book, all the former were your own. One Imp's enough to make Jov\ brain admir'd Thine fixteen hath produced, yet is not tyr'dj Dull Pafjve Earth in you clainies little (hare. You are Contpos'*d o( vfhzt's divine and rare. ^Tis the morefprightly Ekntent ofipure Fire^ That 'bove the vulgar doth advance you higher. Within vjhoCcSfbxre a glorious Mifide doth move I All the Orbs of vertue with Celejlial Love^ I VVhofe A£^ive climbings carry us much fooncr f To the utmoft height, of noblenefs and honour : I Thy fpirit's reftleflc, Now thy bufie fancy Diverts it felf in th' Art of 4/fr Jhy Soul aloft amongft tF Stars doth Pearch Whilft with profound and an unwearied fearch Thou fcan'ft the Caufes of their great effeCu^ Which hidden lye from Common intelleds. Stars are the Iniiruments of Heavens influence Darting their dijlant beams abroad ; from thence \ What's fafty what^s ^refent and to come^ thou l{How^fi ? How to prevent impendent dangers fhew'ft. ; Then *mongft the depths of Angels next thou wad'ft th^irpowrs to learn^ Heavens confines thou invad^jL ATew/?/^thou haft rear'd, a laftingfraaie Not Babel-like, onely to get a Name : But that thy thoughts Divine, may Tee before 'em The way to enter the San^ium SanUoruiw,
rm-zi T^^^^^^' Heydoff^ Mafterof Arts
• ir/;. of Kxete.r Co Hedge in Ox/i^r^ and
R eii or of CoSsford in Oxford-pfrc,
,To the moft excellent Phylo-
fopher and Lawyer, Mr. John Heydofij
upon hisTheomagiay Or, the
Temple ofWifdovte.
THou'ft rais'd a Temple, which devouring time. Nor envious temperts (hall e'rc underminde; Afdcred Temple where we Meditate Wifdome divine, thcdiftatesofourfate. Let lB:emes proud Vatican a roome prepare Worthy this worke fo Rich, Sublime and Rare, The miftVies in Natures fecret Cabbins VnlockS^ Vnfeen^ Vnh;nown to learned Rabbmsy Thou'ft brought to light > and as Vromethem Vane VTon\Joves Star Chamber^ ntvf Seraptict{^ flame: Ic makes me think thou either haft converft I'th' counfe! of the gods^ and fo rehear'ft To the low'r world thefe depths, or elfe indulged By great ^f ol'o haft to us divulg'd Grand Milteries lain long in filent Grave. Ccnfult the OrackJeM you that crave Refolves > he wich the Spheares communicates : Thence, be Frodids^ and thence he Calculates. ^(BpW-^3 cant die as long as Stars have Light This Temple crownM by day, can't fuffer Night. '
j«/,^thc ah ^^y^^^ Le-Ne've Gent.
Med. Licenr,
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AKti(]ui t ace ant per flurima f^cuUVztcs ^ot quot & afpeUo fyderefata notant, ^uique docent G^mahcn, vel defiClum ere Tclefman
Aut veterum Cabala m prolificatum Petram, Argenti autfulvi, per it ur a baud fetttina nojfe
Auri & Cecropias vUcere poffit opes •, ^uHtius inque animis quibw efi pernotufj & omnes j
^iprecihus norunt car mwibufque Deos Fa: fiigrt adplachum cemendos finibuf orci
Cogere^ dum fatuifatafutura rogant^ Eugeniofque fciuHt^ occult a Da"mona
Redder e Colloquiis cum placet ejfe fukt Trafentes^ & qui lacerando vifcera terr£
lHnocu£ Larras adfuajujfa vocant^ Ecce mvum Artiftam ntagina qui prafiitit arte
Effe^ium nuUus^ quod dedit ante fcio Et qui confcripto ut refer antum volumine mnndum
Ingratnm tantk candidus arte heat^ Terge bonis avibus ; nigrii revorentur ab ambrU
Do^orum manes, tetrkafpedra virum Hirefponfa dabunt^ triftewque hcheront^ntovebmli
Tu dum qudgrentemfata futura moves Ma-ftdat is h ey done tui^^ Barathnimquc parebit
Orcus, ut & Phlesjeton, fervus uterquetibi^ Neque virum lateantobfcura £nigmata tantum
Sk mvui in terris t«Zoroafter eris
Sic cccinit^ Georgius Staikey,
^m^' Eirxneus Philopofti^ VhiUhthcs,
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To the Ingenious Author Mr. John
Heydon^ upon his Book intituled Theomagta^ Or, the Temple of Wifdom,
HOw many wrkers are there Cuftles huild Vth y4ir In ArchiteBure^ though they can advance. No higher then th' Amours of a Komance : And but Cmfult bow they may entertain A Liquoriflj fancy with their wanton Brain : What you projecfs more Noble, *tis to treat Man's vaft delires with adequate meat. *Tis to ere6t a Temple ^ who can come > Where that name's due, without an Hecatome Of Sacrifice to him, Whofe gcn'rous mind Would rearc this ftrufturc^ in an Age defign'd For to DemoliQi every Edifice 5 Which is Baptiz'd with fuch a name as this. Youftile it iVifdome's Temple 5 thus feclude. The foolifl3,the unhallowed and Rude, From ^nAdmiffion -, but there is no lofs. If F//j;riJ want ^AyiayAT^ntoff Ins Academy ; furc he but profanes Your Temple by his fteps ', who when the bancs Forbidden are between him and your Book, Will yet Attempt into thofe leaves tolook: Yet your Mifterious work muft needs acquire^ Amazement from the vulgar who Admircy That mo\l which they know leaft^ and thus the Sun When CIS Ecclips't is gazed moft upon, J (Iiall not Augtire what will be its fate Among the leVjrn'd, I cannot Calculate For tliar Meridian^ yet my x/ot^fhall paf«. To niak'c as famous as Vianai was.
M-'y,z6. 1 fi:y. Thomas Fyge Gentleman*
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Ampjidimum DoftifTimumq;
virum Johamem Heydomm Equitum, ItaLibrum Seraphycum, Infcriptum^ Tcmplum Sapicntiae.
AKtiquofy Heydone, facisrevirefcere lauruSy Hoc doUofermonetuo : tuapaginamonflrat ^uid Chaldaea foHat^ gukquid Nilotica tellitSy ^uicquid ^^\\^,^^\^ quondam docuere Pelafgi, j^icquid-kv'dhSy qukquidnovit Carthaginis d\€ Jiinoni Vrbs Celebris^ quicquid celeherima Rontay Nojlervelmagnui g«/iCanceHarius iUe ; Indi, Brachnianni^wirgflfi^Druidefqi BritamUy §uid Zoroaftcr habit ^ R egis doUive Magifiriy (Nomina non audita him J longijpma Fatrumy (Froh dolor ! ) atferies mordaci tempore viUa. . Et ^h\tgttontxo% ffernensy Heydone, furcreSy Foji Hyemes multoi b^ic vafra repuUuIet acji fagina tunc curfu fcros doceatq-y Nfpotes^ T urn defolatas ^gens incalit aurea terr^, ^^ fratri^
~ Tu nee Livor edax hjt fanliai carpito charts ^ K.C, Humanum Yatum magtu v^tuere Cam£H£,
May.M^ ^u^. T«/^^Willelmus Smith M./^* Hnper AtiU CUranfs Cantab.
To his honoured Friend the
Author, on his Iheomagia^ or, tk^ Temple of Wtfdome ,
AM I awake / or doe mine eyes put on Some Dreames phancaftick apparition > My longing mind's amus'd tofinde where this Temple of Rofie- Crucian IVifdome is ; For if I could, Tde foon approach to be. Unto thatfacred place a Votary ; Id'e fpare no time, but quit this prefent ftage. And zealoufly purrue,my pilgrimage. But 1 am ravifhV, and with wonder cry, WhatMufe/ or rather God of harmony Infpir'd our Author thus > Replies my fence. What gods but thofe, of Art and eloquence, Thxhm and Hermes > they whofe tongue or pen. Are ftill the interpreters 'twixt gods and men. Mylierious Vertues 5 occult powers we fee: The StarrSy and earth conjoyn'd in Rarmonji. Why thenproceedf ^r/itz'^/J)K/!)and fcorn the harme That milice can finde out, defert^s a charme: Be fortunate as knowing, mayyour pen Advance your fame, above the fpight ofmea And though tliefe ray unpolifh't lines can't raifc Your name, or give your workes defervcd praife ; Yet give me leave to write, and let them (hew ThcTcftimoaialsof my love to you.
'^^^* Ko. Turner^ Med. Licent.
Arcanomm ^ Supremorum ,
Scrutator! perfefiiflimo,Sciantifque^ Ornatiflimo, Domino, Domino Johanni Heydon Equici, amico meo delcftiffimo.
fy V)) te ufque lugenii rapiunt Sfeculamini vafie ? '^ §^1) volitat Calami ftella Sacrata tuis^ §^id Mare^ quid Terras ; quid Vixij Regna flutonH
In vahU ? aut Cdi nuntinafacra moves 5 Ardua Cdorum fuperafti immo imma forafii
lerrarum \ ulteriui qu£ Cupienda tihi : ^id Tandem fnpereft ? fuperefl graviora Conariy
Hoc Solum fuperefi te fuper are prim, ^idd Juvat /IflroruM Curfufy C clique metiri ?
Temet negledofi mor tent c peris. Scire tuum nihil efl^ nihil & tibi fcire juvahitf
Omnia quantuwvii qu£ Cogitandafcias Vamnati p£nai Kofii •, Noftique Beati
Tramiatunc Eligaiqu£ tihi grata magit Vivere quam gratum efl ^ quam grata ejinoftra voluptas
Sit xibi vita tales, fit tihi vita mori.
'^l^tuY": ThomasRevell, Am.
f:Cf9 }rfSf9 tOs^nOsv t«f5 ti\!f:r tC!fy
To the prafticall Reader^ up-
tm The Temple of WifdcfMe^ ereScd by my honoured Friend^ Mr. '^ohn Hey don.
REader / The Author(nor5with little paynes) Produc'd thisIiTue of his labouring Braynes, To tell what Gaffareis Telcfm*s Ga maces Did mcanej Our Author hath difcovercd thefe. What Cattaft taught by Geomantick skill Our Author hath made common by his (juill. I name thefe two, and let alone the reft, Becaufe thefe two are oncly EngliQi dreftj r^e (ecn the Italian^ French^ and Spanifh too^ Upon thefe Subjeds making much adoe^ And in compofurej to be very neat. But none of them, till now wasere compleat. Some men read this, fome that, we daily fee So many men, fomany mindcs there bee. Who plcafure takes to fatisfy his mind In unknown fecrets, here he may them find s And if what Gaffareiy and Cattan Wrote, Hath been accepted, I will give my Vote, For this our Auchr^ in thefe unknown wayes He'lc be >our Guide and lead you out with bayes. Who ere will take the paines to try this Science^ To purblind Ignorance, (hall bid defiance. Hee's to bee prais'd, who ever doch impart. The Hidden things of Nature, and of Arr
May^ the Sch
«^'^-'- John Booker, ,,,,,,„,^„^
^liiiiimsiliilitfiiiiklik.iiimim
[To his Learned Friend Mr.
JcbuHeydon ^ on this his moft Ex- cellent Treatife of Philofophy, Intituled iheomagtay or, 7 he Temple oj l/^'ifdome.
TO write of Wifdomc in this CuriouiAge^(^Stage'^ Is thVay to bring your ^W/ and Bc^^on th' But your Strong Mercury Dreads no aflaults From VnderKPits ; or fuch vihoCt Judgement halts, Heethat (hall Cenfure thcCe your Miftique lines Muft Knowledge have in Her^ef Richer My lies Of Occult Learning : Plaine Vhilofophy now Falls fhorc (^Ten CuhitSy ) of your Boof{^sLnd you / C No Man a Gyants Bonnet off can throw Unlefs h' have Strength and Stature {o to doe ) 'Tis not the Vrparfe in Scyence that (hall dare Pretend himfelf unto your Temple Heire, Nor muft Vrsfatttr ?erfonsy hope to find ToUy of that Gentle and Indulging Mind, As to Protedf in this your Sanduary Ihofe^ whofe unhallow'd Hearts and Hands Mifcarry,
The Rougb-hewn Fancy muft ydJh: Tentfle flye, No Concubine of Arty (hall in her Lye ; 5^e is prepared for the Afwf^i Nine, Who doe Command ( like Roman Mejfaline^
That none hut Kings there Enter ! \fothen Come,
tec them in MCourty or Porchy find out a Koom.
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Scorn thenj^my Friend^the Squint-ey'd Eneniie, Shall dare to gise your Eoo^oryou the Lie -, lirth'Low-orb'd Spirits of this Britti/fel/cf, Being Jgn^raHt of your Labours great fhall fmilc .• Tell them the Cage^ or Stockj^ is much more fit^ ( Unlefs they had a better Bank of wit ) For tib^»i to be acquainted with, then this. Your v(H>nby leiHple ( hpre J oijVifdome is ; For you may juftiy /coy« the Laymans (hift, When ScholUn ( I doc think ) Reach not your Drift j And Aovn forbedre^ to trouble yom Lofty Brainesy With Uach M^n's Comment on your Atlas Paines > This lie Praefage, your Book of JVifdorhe is^ A guidi that Uades to Natures Myfteries.
Jme loth^ 8hiy
John GadifHry^
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Th
eomam,
OR. THE
TEMPLE
TheFtrjl 'Book: '
Chap. I. HowtoprojeSa Figure, the Rofie Crucian way.
OD the Creator of all thiV^ outoftheC^^w, which was till bodies of nicked Angels made tlie Earth, which is divided into twelve equal parc5, whichever thefe Riileth: twelve Created Ideas, whichTring the vertiies
his t-.;,ure doth make pr.cks, he mult forme four. ^ the
2 ihe Temple
the tirft line of pricks like unto four Fingers of the Jefc hand, without counting the pricks, fo that at the lead there be to the number o^xteen in every Fuigen And thus frame all your otner lines of pricks unto the number of (ixteen ; and you nuifl not lay your hand upon the paper, till you have made the li'iteen liuesjalways poiKlringinyourheartjmoving the hand wherefore you make the Figure; and wn- Fire^ the fecond to the Aire^ the third to the iVater^ the fourth to the Earth : And alfo that all thefe pricks iigniiie one Idea^ and all thefe lines an Ele- ment; and the four firft Inies, the firft Element, which is the Fire 3 the fecond four, the fecond Ele- ment, which is the Aire ; the third four, the third Elemenr, which is the Water : the foiir laft lines, the Tourth Elemenr, which is the Earth-, the lines be a^fo attributed tothe four angles of the Earth, ?//2S, 1>/I, ^^V/, Norths Southy and ruled by four migtity Angels.
Anfibc^ctUeldeasRendavoiiSj and are incorpo- rared into a tiijure, which is made by usj And is naturally a mecr cnclofuieorVeftmeut of the Pii'i^^ Idca^ which \^dn hivifibleCreaUd f pint. But more of this in itji proper place, after we hv.ve fpoken of the Ct\i:n Riilers of the world : And this Art nuift: be received \n fome fublmie vercue : And all Artift fa.' .-nd Ilofie C} UC071S have demonllrated this to be twofold, the one whereof conljfts in Keligion and CernnonieSy and cherefure they will have the projeiJit* ing of riiiS Art to be made with llgns upon the Paper: Ko/I^ Crucians alfo fudge the hand of thepio;e6tor or worker to be moft prowerfully moved and directed by the Idea's or Genii when theyAfcend and Defcen i in ihch Regions : And therefore chey firft u[cd holy